Diphtheria Card Incident Spurs Milk and Garbage Measures
The Brambleton Board of Health met to discuss antitoxin supply and a possible city milk testing drive after a diphtheria card was posted for a child who died. They planned garbage disposal fixes, suggested ward crema tory expansion for burning, and ordered nuisance abatement with warrants. Tuberculosis in cows raised calls for herd testing and dairy cooperation. The health officer noted 125 nuisances this week with 99 abated, and antitoxin efficacy was praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Newhbill
McCormick, Chiles
Riddick
Heglettar
Dornin
Pollca
Tomlin
Sheldon Avenue
Brambleton
Bunting
Pield
Washington
No. 100
Queen Street
Division Street
Loyall’s Lane
Fifth Ward
Board of
Clay Avenue
Blacksburg
Paville and Gilchrist
Norfolk
Virginia Veterinary Medical Association
Niles
Chiles
Folk
Spe
Paville
Gilchrist
Sanitary Inspectora
Shepherd
Bancroft Anchors at Lynnhaven Bay With Naval Cadets On Board
The Ban croft warship anchored yesterday in Lynnhaven Bay with Naval Academy cadets aboard. An ad urges buying Hood’s Sarsaparilla as the true blood purifier and nerve booster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancromio Lynhaven Bay
United States
Bancroft
Lynnhaven Bay
Naval Academy
Hood
Epworth Leagues and Sunday Schools to Meet in Norfolk
A Norfolk church conference plans a two day joint meeting of Epworth League and Sunday School workers from the district. Delegates from each church will number three plus preachers, with Portsmouth participants invited. The event is set for October 1 and 2 with entertainment and program committees named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
Methodist Randay
Epworth Leagues
Norfolk
Biv BE
South
Cumberland Street
J. Powell Garland
D. D
Bilder
J. W. Moore
W. B. Dougherty
D. C. Ackiss
A. E B. Kellam
W. W. Vicar
Epworth League
Portsmouth
J. P. Garland
A. BE
Kellam
Court Takes Ocean View Hotel Under Protective Custody
The United States Court assumes control of the Ocean View hotel after the departure of clerks Davis and Plummer and the ongoing absence of lessee E R Thornton. Deputy Creekmur enforces court order and the hotel runs as usual pending further decision. A rumor of dropping the Sunday law investigation by Rev Bennett and Rev Moore circulates, but credibility is doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
Ocean View Hotel
Messrs. Davis
Plummer
E.R. Thornton
Ysterday
United States
Creekmur
Dropped Dead Aboard Tug Violetta In Savannah Reach
Gibson Davis a 45 year old colored steward aboard the tug Violetta in port at George W Taylor & Co. wharf collapsed after returning from church. Dr. Nash pronounced heart disease. Coroner Newton notified. Davis hailed from Southport North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson Davis
Violetta
Savannah
New York
George W.,taylor & Co
Davis
Nash
Southport
N.C
Newton
Assault at Norfolk and Western Docks Escapes Chase
A man was assaulted with a brick at the Norfolk and Western docks yesterday afternoon. Initial rumors of a fatality proved false as the injured man walked away to seek a police officer. Officers Fentress and Harrison and Mr. Bruce pursued the assailant, but he escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western Docks
Fentress
Harrison
Bruce
Washington Knights Templar to Visit Local Area
About 100 members of De Molay Commandery Knights Templar of Washington DC will arrive on the Newport News tramper next Sunday morning, spend the day at Virginia Heath, and return to Washington that evening. The funeral of Percival Clifton Hicks, 18, son of Mr and Mrs W T Hicks, was held yesterday at St Marys Catholic Church with interment in Elmwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knights Templar
de Molay Commandery
Washington, D. C
Newport
Virginia Heath
Percival Clifton Hicks
W. T. Hicks
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Father Doherty
Elmwood
Syrup of Figs Promotes Gentle System Cleanse
The advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs as a gentle effective laxative to cleanse the system. It claims to ease costiveness and biliousness while awakening kidneys and liver to improve health and relieve headaches colds or fevers.
Trusteess Sale of Saunders Stock Continues
Trustee W N Portlock of 172 Malin Street advertises continuation of a sale on RH W Saunders stock with widespread discounts. Black striped India and linen goods, lawns and dress fabrics reduced from high to low prices, with remnants and linens heavily marked down in a formal auction-like sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RH. W. Saunders
India
W. N. Portlock
Malin Street
Local Court Hears Assaults and Minor Cases
Justice Tomlin handled a docket of assaults thefts and minor offenses. Defendants included Luke a young colored thief. William Flanigan charged with stealing clothing. Edward Vincent for cruelty to a horse. Bridget Colombo for abusive language. Mrs Seymour facing bond options. Jim Williams alias Jim Brown involved in an assault on Captain Reuben Daisy. A deed filing and property transfers noted in the same session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Tomlin
Alex. Luke
Charlotte Street
William Flanigan
Rebecca Washington
George Barabault
Nebraska Street
Mike McNamara
Joe Stump
McNamara
Edward Vincent
O. L. Williams
Society For the Prevention of
Mr. Moore
James Wilson
Bridget Colombo
W. Seymour
Irving
Lower Bank Street
Portsmouth
Jim Williams
Jim Brown
Cole
Ored
Reuben Daisy
Sarah
Norfolk
Pamlico
Daisy
Willams
Dalay
Williams
Bay
Pope
Tme
Fenchurch Street
United States
Pamilco Sound
Lauran O'Nell
J.T. Bageet
Lauran O'Neill
Arthur F Perrebee
Ella Freeman
Lucinda Tabb
Mila Morgan
Mabel White
Bunce
Walter Iorost
Willaam Ianigan
Norsus Hell
Hannah Washington
Charles Boston
Steve Harral
David Tomlin
William Owens
Isaac Smith
Eadie Russell
Hallie Horton
J. E. Cobb
Ben Sandy
Weather Report for Today Across States and Observations
Forecast shows fair conditions with northerly winds in Virginia and northeasterly winds in North Carolina. Cool weather to spread from New England and Middle Atlantic states westward. Local tide, moon phase, sunrise and sunset times listed. U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Norfolk reports maximum 79, minimum 69 degrees, rainfall totals 1.02 inches since August 1, plus 2 recorded departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
North Carolina
New England
Middle Atlantic
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
J. J. Gray
Huntersville Briefs Report Visits and Local Plans
Mr John R Hill returned from Gates County to visit his ill mother. Mrs Lilliston seeks a Paraguay parrot her son brought from sea. A Democratic Club meeting next Thursday will discuss Free Silver or Sound Money. The Crump child remains critically ill. Robert Mouse has been ill. Mrs William Hunter and daughter Alice are due home from New Bern. Mrs Allen and daughters travel to Virginia Beach. Phillip Warren of Washington DC visited Gus Fricke and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Hill
Central Avenue
Gates County
N. C
A. M. Crump
Robert Mouse
Amelia Avenue
William Hunter
Alice
Newbern
Allen
Johnson Avenue
Virginia Beach
Phillip Warren
Washington, D. C
Gus Fricke
North Street
Clever ruse sinks away as apprentice sailor gains liberty
The battleship Massachusetts sails from Newport News to rejoin the squadron near Block Island. An apprentice boy, long reported drowned, is revealed to have feigned near death to gain freedom by swimming underwater and reaching land. The Bancroft cadet vessel stays in Lynnhaven Bay as Standish heads to Annapolis for Navy Yard service.
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Massachusetts
Newport News
Block Island
Heghio
Bancfoft
Lynnhaven Bay
Standish
Norfolk Navy Yard
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Cotton Market Update Damp Weather Across States
Cotton Wen and rains sweep Carolina and Georgia with showers in Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi easing. Liverpool spot cotton up 82 points while New York futures close slightly down then steady. July August contracts shift, prices quoted with several market centers reporting gains, Houston and Galveston firm with Middling at 7116 cents. Port receipts tally 6052 bales, far above last year and 1884 figures.
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Carolina
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennesse
Mississippi
Liverpool
London
New York
Tye
Houston
Galveston
Two Hundred Seats Left for Star Course
The Young Men's Christian Association Star Course subscription opened Monday has already sold two hundred seats. Two hundred seats remain unsold and the committee plans to finish sales by early next week, after which no more seats will be available. Miss Dorothea Klumke, California astronomer and 6,000 franc Paris prizewinner, will join the British expedition to Norway to view the solar eclipse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
Fiist
Dorothea Klumke
California
Paris Observatory
Norway
High and mighty tonic touted as universal remedy
The advertisement extols Jetter's Stomach Bitters as a thorough general tonic for debility rheumatism nervous ailments constipation and dyspepsia promising prompt effects and wide usefulness. It claims nine epidemics of dysentery since 1878 were cured by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, asserting it outperforms physicians in severe bowel cases and is sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cali- Serals
Paralliz
Ng Blows Sre Belme
MM Jetter
Chamberlain
Political notices and meetings in Brambleton and Princess Anne
Local political notices report the Brambleton Democratic Club receiving a Bryan letter and planning meetings at Richardson's Hall for the Free Silver Club. Ward meetings to elect delegates to the Democratic Congressional Convention are set across six wards. Also noted are arrests of eight youths for nuisance near N P and N yards and a local option election petition in Seaboard District Princess Anne County with Judge Woodhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brambleton Democratic Club
Mears
Bryan
J. G. Wolf
Brambleton Democratic Association
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
Wolf
Kelly Avenue
Norfolk
First Ward
John S. Barbour
Second Ward
Third Ward
Market Hall
Fourth Ward
Stonewall
Fifth Ward
Festival Hall
Sixth Ward
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Brambleton
Democratic Club
Seaboard District
Princess Anne County
Judge Woodhouse
Princess Anne
Amusements listing and price notes from August sale
An OCR fragment shows an amusements section with references to a performance by AN WYCEK or AIUBIO and a music event at MAINSTREET and EUTOPIA. It mentions three barns of music, a sale Tuesday, and prices noted as five cents or one dollar, with unclear dates and names due to garbled text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wycek
Norfolk Democratic Ward Gatherings and Delegate Elections
The Democratic voters of Norfolk are summoned to assemble in their wards on August 2 to elect delegates to the District Convention in Port Norfolk on September 17. Ward details specify locations and delegate counts, with instruction by WM. T. Anderson, Secretary, and notices of official actions. A separate notice announces W L Wiginton Co stock possession by P H Morgan Trustee and requests settlements and claims before stock sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Wiginton
Wiginton & Co
Woods
Weinton & Co
Main Street
Norfolk
W.L. Wignton
W. L. Wiginton
Tucker Brooke
Plume Street
W. la Wigington
Wininton & Co
Sud Wigintone& Co
P. H. Morgan
Electric Company of Virginia
Injvites Making
Bain Flandestine
Willie
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Whttrice & CO
Bc Boush
E Place
Bank Street
Cor James and High
Church Street
Water, Wineer
Church Pote Main Street
Gladstone ‘Ated
Brameleton
Park Avenue
Ti Jameraon Avenue
Waver & CO
West Market Square
Norfolk. Va
T. F. Rogers
Columbia
Granby Street
Brent
York Place
Welling
Bute Street
Windsor Avenue
Brewer Street
Freemason
Shields Street
Albemarsle
Plume
Bank
Granby
Commerce
Roanoke Avenue
Water Street
Roanoke Dock
Burruss, Son & Co., Kehrs
Europe
Sagittis
Pleyde- Campbell's Tonvabh
Éntine
Wright
Fuet. i
Sanitary Censors
ENGE
Ocean View
Droffed
Nimmo's Church
Evangelist Lee
Evangeliat Lee
Phoebus
Tidewater Christian Endeavor Union
Legal Intelligence
Wee Raither
Captain Reuben
Janice Williams
W.l.wig- Inton &c., Clothiers
J. BE. C. Bell
City National Bank
Lowman & Co
Keaven, & Co
Russell & Simcoe
George W. Dey
R. Briggs
Wiginton
P. H. Morfan
Mariner Street
Sleegse
Henry Bryan
Dora
Elton
John Owens
Victoria Deans
Levy Bros
Weather Report
Huntersville
Ettes
Matters Political
Bryan and Sewall Free Silver Club
Richardson's
Charlie Adams
Vermont Davenport
Lloyd Burton
Joe Rosario
George Whitlamz
George Black
Sam Wasserman
Howard Walden
Cooper
Philadelphia
South Carolina
State Reformatory
Cooper Mardle Works
Ns Bank St
Borfole
Gy & Large
AMD, Meadstone
Chase
Uart
Omis
Getty
A& A Rhoads & & Co
Model Store
Main ST
Southern Bapress Co
Charlotte St
Colonial Front
Doyle & Small
JR. Briggs
Choice Family Groceries
Old Market Square
The
Porter-McNeal Co
Scott
Straw Harts
Walter J. Simmons & Coy Tv
Mein Street
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